Leader toxicity: An empirical investigation of toxic behavior and rhetoric

Leadership

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-389

  Pelletier, Kathie L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

abusive supervision; destructive behavior; leader toxicity; toxic leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 78951475550     PISSN: 17427150     EISSN: 17427169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742715010379308     Document Type: Article

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